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Man sought after robbing Colerain Twp. bank, locking tellers in vault

No one was hurt during robbery

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Updated: 6:04 PM EST Feb 4, 2015

The search continues for a masked gunman who got inside a Colerain Township bank before it opened Wednesday morning, tied up two employees and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash. It happened sometime between 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m.

Man sought after robbing Colerain Twp. bank, locking tellers in vault

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Updated: 6:04 PM EST Feb 4, 2015

COLERAIN TOWNSHIP —

The search continues for a masked gunman who got inside a Colerain Township bank before it opened Wednesday morning, tied up two employees and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash.

It happened sometime between 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m.

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Police said the robber used zip ties on the wrists of two women who were getting ready to open for the day’s business.

Authorities said they were left inside the bank’s vault while the suspect took cash and left the premises.

The first indication that something was amiss came from a 911 call made by a branch manager who said he had an odd feeling when he arrived at the bank.

“We typically have our doors unlocked and ready to go by 8:30,” she told emergency dispatch. “I’ve been sitting here about 15 minutes and I can’t get anyone’s attention.”

Colerain Township police were there within moments, got ahold of a key that worked and discovered the two employees tied up in the vault, unhurt but shaken.

“Most definitely,” spokesman for the Colerain Police Department James Love said. “In fact, the EMTs came this morning just for the anxiety and just for the experience of it all. Most definitely they were shaken up.”

Detectives are investigating the incident, trying to find out how the robber got inside the bank.

They brought new K-9 officer Kudo to the scene, who picked up the scent of the suspect’s escape on foot into the wooded area that wraps around the plaza located off Springdale Road.

So far, surveillance video in the area has not produced a workable image of the gunman.

Police said the man was described as white, believed to be in his 40s, wearing a black sweatshirt, blue jeans and white New Balance tennis shoes.

“But, at least we know what direction he went to,” Love said. “We don’t know then if he got into a car, met up with someone. We don’t know what he did after that.”

Police said the FBI was called to the scene Wednesday morning.

Anyone with any information is asked to call Colerain Township police or Crime Stoppers at 513-352-3040.